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Ross Pople (born 11 May 1945) is a New Zealand-born British conductor. He is the principal conductor of the London Festival Orchestra. He has worked with Yehudi Menuhin, Clifford Curzon, David Oistrakh, Kentner, George Malcolm, Sir Adrian Boult, Rudolf Kempe, Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Tippett, George Solti, Leonard Bernstein, George Benjamin, John Casken, Edwin Roxburgh, Luciano Berio, John Taverner, Malcolm Arnold, Pierre Boulez as well as many other major orchestras, choirs and soloists. As an outstanding young cellist from New Zealand,〔Loppert, Max: The Financial Times, June 24, 1977〕 Ross Pople was awarded scholarships to study in England at the Royal Academy of Music, the Paris Conservatoire and the Chigiana Academia, Siena. After graduating and at the age of 23 Yehudi Menuhin appointed Pople to be solo principal cellist of the Bath/Menuhin Festival Orchestra. He was subsequently appointed solo principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.〔Surrey Herald, 11 November 1976〕 In 1980 Ross Pople took up the helm of London Festival Orchestra and toured Germany. He quickly made LFO a household name through his summer festival titled Cathedral Classics,〔J.L., Observer, 11 June 1987〕〔S.J.W., Oxford Observer, June 1987〕〔Anthony Payne, The Independent〕〔Ripon Gazette, 26 June 1987〕〔Western Mail, 27 June 1987〕 often directing from the cello. He has taken the LFO on tour throughout Europe,〔Allgauer Zeitung, 24 October 1987〕〔Der Tages Spiegel, 25 Oktober 1987〕 the Americas〔Mark Pappenheim, The Independent, 18 January 1990〕 and the Far East. Also associated with Pople's name is the Southbank series Birthday Honours, the Hochhauser series at the Barbican, the annual Remembrance Sunday Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, the festival Dutch Cornucopia〔Richard Morrison, The Times, 17 September 2007〕〔Robert Maycock, The Independent, 19 September 2007〕 and the Virtuoso Piano series at Cadogan Hall.〔Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion, December 2006〕〔Max Harrison, Musical Opinion, June 2007〕 Ross Pople is Artistic Director of The Warehouse, a studio space which hosts BBC3's recording of the New Generation Artists series, the British Music Information Centre (BMIC) contemporary series Cutting Edge and the resident Warehouse Ensemble. Critics often cite Pople's sound knowledge of the orchestra and repertoire which ensures effortless communication between composer, orchestra and audience.〔The Gramophone, April 1992〕 Pople has produced a large number of definitive performances and recordings and is acknowledged as an expert interpreter of contemporary music 〔NRC Han, 8 September 2007〕 Pople has recorded some 80 discs for the Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, ASV and Sony BMG Arte Nova labels. These include the complete Mendelssohn ''String Symphonies'', Holst ''The Planets'', Richard Strauss ''Metamorphosen'', Sinfonie Concertanti (by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Stamitz and Mozart), symphonies of Schubert and Mendelssohn, Haydn's complete ''London Symphonies'', Arnold, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, César Franck, Boccherini, Schoenberg and more. ==Discography== Arnold - Sinfoniettas 1 - 3, Oboe Concerto Op. 39 Bach, J.S. - Brandenburg Concertos No.'s 1, 2 & 3 Bach, J.S. - Brandenburg Concertos No's 4, 5 & 6 Bach, J.S. - Musical Offering Bach, J.S. - Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066, Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067 Bach, J.S. - Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068, Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 Bach, J.C. - Symphonies Op. 3, No's 1 - 6 Bach, J.C. - 4 Sinfonies Concertantes Boccherini - Symphonies 6 in D minor, 8 in A Boccherini - Six Symphonies Op. 35 Boccherini - Four Symphonies Op. 37, No's 1, 3 & 4 Boyce - Symphonies Britten - Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Simple Symphony ''Christmas Collection '' - 'Festliche Suite' in A major, Shepherd's Music for Christmas and more Copland - Appalachian Spring, Sextet for Clarinet, Piano & String Quartet Corelli - Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No.'s 1 - 6 Corelli - Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No.'s 7 - 12 Cornucopia - Two CD selection from the first 21 years Warehouse Records Dvořák - Serenade for Strings Op.22, Serenade for Wind Op. 44 Elgar - Introduction and Allegro, Serenade for Strings Fauré - Highlights from 'Cathedral Classics' Franck - Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, Cello Sonata Grieg - Holberg Suite, Two Elegiac Melodies Handel - Oboe Concerto's No.'s 1, 2 & 3, Flute Concerto Handel - Water Music, Concerto Grosso Op.3, No. 3 Handel - The Messiah Haydn - London Symphonies No.'s 1 - 12 Haydn & Stamitz - Sinfonia Concertante in B flat, Op.84 Hob1:105, Symphonie Concertante in C, for two violins Holst - The Planets, A Fugal Overture Holst - St. Paul's Suite, Brook Green Suite Janáček - Suite for Strings - Mładi, Idyll Mendelssohn - The Complete String Symphonies Mendelssohn - Symphonies 1 & 4, Hebrides Overture Mendelssohn - Octet, Quintet Mozart - The 2 Sinfonie Concertanti Mozart - Sinfonie Concertante Orff - Carmina Burana Roxburgh - 'How pleasant to know Mr Lear', 'Dreamtime' for Flute & Orchestra Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals, 'Wedding Cake' polka for Piano & Strings Schoenberg/Strauss - Verklarte Nacht, Metamorphosen Schubert - Symphonies 1 & 2 Schubert - Symphonies 3 & 4 Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite, Appollon Musagete Stravinsky - The Soldiers Tale (complete) Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending Warlock - Capriol Suite, Serenade for strings Wassenaer - Six Concerti Armonici 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ross Pople」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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